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The Poetical Works of William Julius Mickle

including several original pieces, with a new life of the author. By the Rev. John Sim
Mickle, William Julius (1735-1788)

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THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.
  
[“The best of parents blest my younger days]
  
[Hence, ye vain nymphs, that in th'Aonian shade]
  
[Plato was clos'd; mine eyes no more awake]
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ELEGIAC.
  
A NIGHT PIECE.
  
POLLIO;
  
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS:
  
LIBERTY:
  
ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS DOWAGER OF WALES.
  
EPITAPH ON GENERAL WOLF.
  
EPITAPH ON MR. MORTIMER.
  
To the Memory of Comm. Johnstone.
  
An Inscription on an Obelisk at Langford, in Wilts, the Seat of the Earl of Radnor, commemorating the unfortunate Fate of Mr. Servinton, who was formerly in possession of that Estate.
  
Sacred to the Heirs of Radnor Castle.
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ODES.
  
KNOWLEDGE:
  
MAY-DAY;
  
VICISSITUDE:
  
HENGIST AND MEY:
  
THE PROPHECY OF QUEEN EMMA:
  
THE SORCERESS; OR, WOLFWOLD AND ULLA.
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SONGS.
  
THE SHEPHERD IN LOVE.
  
THE LINNETS.
  
THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE.
  
ESKDALE BRAES .
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FRAGMENTS.
  
[Tell me, gentle Echo, tell]
  
[Come, gentle peace, on every breathing gale]
  
[“Upbraid me not, nor thankless fly]
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MISCELLANEOUS.
  
ALMADA HILL:
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STANZAS.
  
On passing the Bridge of Alcantra, near Lisbon, where Camoens is reported to have chosen his Station, when Age and Necessity compelled him to beg his daily Sustenance.
  
STANZAS ON MR. GARRICK.
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IMITATIONS OF SPENSER.
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SYR MARTYN:
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CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
  
ON THE NEGLECT OF POETRY.
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TRANSLATIONS.
  
PSALM LXVIII. Paraphrase.
  
An Epithalamium, written in Hebrew by Abram Depas, on the marriage of Jacob Franco, Esq; to Miss Abigail D'Aguilar, daughter of the late Baron D'Aguilar.
  
SONNET TO VASCO DE GAMA: FROM TASSO.
  
SONNET: FROM PETRARCH.

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TO THE RIGHT REVEREND, HENRY, LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.
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